Record cabinet



June 12. 1928, 1,673,029.

A.'J. WALTERS RECORD CABINET 'Fild June 6, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet l mvE v/J oR 4634441:

ATTORNEY June 12-, 1928.

1,673,029 A. J.'WALTERS RECORD CABINET Ffiled June 6, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 'aW/I/II/ I II II)? I fl llLI pm l/11% If. IIHIIII whil yum lNVENTOR /4 1: I 4:..W /5 ATTORNEY and convenient device by means of which Patented June 12, 1928.

UNITED STATES AUGUST 3'. WALTERS, OF 'MAPLE HEIGHTS, OHIO.

RECORD Application fi led June 6,

I The invention relates to record cabinets and has for its object to provide a simple dataof any kind can be permanently kept in a cabinet, even for a period of years if desired, and in such condition that the data can be referred to at any time. v

. Forexample, it will be found usefulfor sales, receipts, shipments, or similar information, in such manner that the record, or any part thereof, cannot be removed or' become lost or otherwise destroyed.

The invention comprises a paper strip or web mounted on reels in a casing, and passing across or behind an opening in the front of the casing. The web may be wound from one reel to the other, and the records can be written on the web, or, in the form shown, can be typed or written on a small paper or sticker which is stuck on the web and thereafter travels therewith and is wound upon one of the reels. A .sticker may be applied each day, week, month, or other time interval, the web being moved up at each interval to receive a new stickercontaining the records to be preserved. The cabinet will then contain permanent record according to the time intervals, and if desired the record can be turned. back to show the same for any desired date.

The device-also embodies various other features of importance or advantage, as will be apparent from the following description.

enlarged detail ofv the operating and locking.

device. Fig. 6 is a section on the line 66 of Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a detail of one of the locking devices. Fig. 8 is a section on the line 88 of Fig. 3. Fig. 9 is a top view of the parts shown in Fig. 8. Fig. 10 is a section on the line 1010 of Fig. 3.

The casing of the cabinet is properly shaped to contain the parts to be described,

and it may be made of metal, and has a removable top 77 and a removable bottom 78. The front wall of the casing has a slot or opening 81 through which the web 7 5 is exposed, and adjacent the opening is a glass plate 52, under which may be placed a title CABINET.

1927. serial No. 196,988.

be recorded.

The paper strip or'web 75 is attached at one end toa spool 40, as by, a removable segment 56, and at theother end is attached to the spool 55 in a similar manner. Thesp'ool 40 is held between'centerin'g spindles 27 and p 39', the former ofwhich is mounted in a bearkeeping a permanent record of production,

ing in a plate 30, and the spindle 139' is mounted in abearing in a plate 37', these plates extending across within the casing or listof items corresponding to the datato and being held in position by angle brackets I Similarly, tl'ie'spool 55 is held between spindles 29 and 34 also mounted in bearings in said plates. p

The intermediate operating shaft is 47 secured to the end walls of .the casing. I

mounted in theflca'sing, and comprises rod sections 6' and '8 and a connecting sleeve sectlon' 7, the rod (3 liav ngfa crank 2 attached to the top"thereof.' The rods 6 and 8 are united to the sleeve 7 by pins. 72 and 73 inserted through holes in the sleeve and the rods. The section 8 may beconne'ctedto a sprocket 10 connected by a belt 16' to the spr0cket35 on thespindle 34, or to a sprocket 1 1 connectedby abelt 17 to a sprocket 14 on, the spindle 39, the belt 17 passing over-fan idler 59 adjustable bymeans of a slot 76 inthe bracket82 supported by a plate 60 fixed" to the plate 37. 1 I

y The shaft 8 may be clutched to either the. sprocket 10 or the sprocket 1a to wind the web in either direction, by shifting the shaft 8 ed in a bearing in'a plate 9 extending across the casing. WVhen shifted up, a pin 74 on the shaft section 8 will engage in a notch 7 4* in the hub 14 of the sprocket 14;, said sprocket being supported by a spacer 15011 the bottom of the casing. WVhen one clutch pin is engaged the other is disengaged.

Spool flanges 23, 24, 25 and 46 are mounted on the respective spindles, to guide the web, and to prevent overrunning of the spools brake members are provided consisting of balls 33 pressed by springs 31 and held by thimbles 32 secured to the plate 30, the balls pressing against the flanges 23 and 24: to prevent spinning thereof in unwinding.- The shaft section 6 extends through a sleeve 18 fixed to the top of the casing and provided with upper and lower slots 66 and 65 and an intermediate slot 67, connected by a vertical. passage, and a pin: 50' may be shifted into any one of these" slots, said pin projecting from a collar 90 held between collars 91 fixed to the shaft, 6; and'the, ping adapted to be locked in any one of the slots by means of a lock 92 the loop of which may be passed through a hole in a lip 93 projecting from the sleeve 18', so that the pin 50 cannot be shifted fromone slotto another,

and consequently the shaft 6 tanner be raised orlowered until the lock is removed.

crank pro'videdvvith a sliding'pin 49 which may be raised orl'o'wer'ed to engage or disengage a series of 'holesl9in'the' plate 98 i l on top of the casing 77, tlie pir'ibe'ing moved n; in.)

by a hahdleT'Q, and ada ptedto be locked in position by lock X inserted through holes 95 in the handle and pin. When the pin is lowered into of the holes 19 the crank cannot be turned;

; Fo'r applying "sticlrersjto the web 7 at the opening-81, provide afg'iimmed sticker tape 97611 which dat inay be'writter'i, and

this is. threaded through betvveen the' rollers 63 and 64 of a traveling fraii e'62 which has a guide bracket"96 slidable on .a .rod 61 fastenedto the front of the, casing byfixtures The roller 63' is moistened, and after the tape 95 is threaded between the rollers v thereon.

. ing the, data to be preserved. successive operations the web is-wound up to preserve v J the frame 62,;n1a'y be run. upon the guide f rod 61 and roller" 64- wil press the message 40 tape againstthe' eb 75, sticking tliesaine in the a e of ai'jcieviee'the get i itound up one ay to expose successive portions thereof at the opening 81 and 'stic'ker is applied to each portion, this sticker containthe record in the cabinet. If it be desired to refer to anold'record of anyparticular date, the operating shaft is shifted to reverse the web, which can then be unwound to the date ,desired,} to show the record of that date.

The locking devices prevent tampering With the record, and the Whole forms a con? venient device for preserving a record in a permanent form, superior to loose card .or

leaf records which may become 'lost'or misplaced!" I i a l claim zi" I v I *1. The combination With a reel and Web,

"and a casing enclosing the same having an opening at which the Webis eXposed, of means to apply a sticker to the Web at said open1ng. 1 V

; 2. combinationstated inclai-ni 1, said means comprising a frame shiftable across said opening and provided with a roller to press .the sticker againstv the Web.

The combination stated in claim 1, said f means comprising a guide'ro'd onthe casing beside said openingfa fran'ie slidabl'e on the rod across said openingfand a roller carried by the frameto press .the sticker against the eb.

l. The combination with a casing, and a plurality of reels arid a web therein," of an operating shaft, driving. clutch connections betiveeii'the shaft and the reels respectively,

said shaft being shiftable' length'ivi'seto e'n- .7

gage either clutch, and a 100 2: device to hold the shaftin either position, said locking device including asleeve having spaced 'slbtgthrciiigh which sleeve theshaft eii't'ends, and a pin eperjat'ivel connected to the shaft andinovable intoafiy'one of tlieslots.

5. The combination-of a casing, a

rality of reels and a Web" therein, means to operate the reels, and a brake device for each reel, eempnsiag a seeing-pressed ball i'esting against the rell' f l I W .In testimony vvheieof, l do' 'affix my signa- AUGUs rlyvA TERs. 

